A new graphic novel sharing the story of Robert Smalls’ released Thursday in honor of Juneteenth. Here’s what to know.

Robert Smalls published a newspaper, established a transportation company and served five terms in the United States Congress ...

On April 5, 1839, Robert Smalls, Civil War hero and five-term U.S. Congressman, was born in Beaufort, South Carolina, to his enslaved mother, Lydia Polite. In 1851, Smalls moved to the Charleston ...

CHARLESTON, S.C. (WCBD) – The Charleston Museum will host a special storytelling event about Robert Smalls on Wednesday for young children. Museum Educators will tell the story of Robert Smalls ...

“If you’re an enslaved person working on one of these boats around the Charleston Harbor like Robert Smalls, you’ve got the tools, you’ve got the talent, you’ve got the boat and you know ...

Robert Smalls escaped enslavement with an ingenious plan. As a ship’s pilot who helped vessels navigate in and around South Carolina’s Charleston Harbor, Smalls was working on a Confederate ...

“If you’re an enslaved person working on one of these boats around the Charleston Harbor like Robert Smalls, you’ve got the tools, you’ve got the talent, you’ve got the boat and you know ...

A model of the CSS Planter is displayed at the Charleston Museum, part of a traveling exhibit entitled "The Life and Times of Congressman Robert Smalls", May 2, 2012, in Charleston, S.C. (AP Photo ...